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Every year, the producers of the Academy Awards strain to make their telecast more attractive to younger viewers. Case in point: The hiring of Seth MacFarlane, the 39-year-old voice and writing mastermind behind relatively racy millennial favorites like the “Family Guy” television series, as this year’s host. But if the odds-makers are right, when the major Oscars are given out on Sunday night, youth will be served only in the best-actress and best-supporting-actress categories, while baby boomer guys will claim most of the other high-profile statuettes.

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This year, Oscar favors older men.

If the boomers do pull off a Sherman’s March to the podium, it’ll be thanks to “Lincoln,” a movie whose subtitle could be “The Film Directed By, And Starring, Everyone You’ve Been Watching for the Last 25 Years.” Steven Spielberg (nominated for best director), Daniel Day-Lewis (best actor) and Tommy Lee Jones (best supporting actor) are all part of the demographic cadre born between 1946 and 1964—Spielberg and Jones are 66, and Day-Lewis is 55. And each is a heavy favorite, according to bookmakers at the Wynn Las Vegas who specialize in entertainment odds.

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